Savannah and Boston. 



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ACCOUNT 



SUPPLIES SENT TO SAVANNAH 



WITH THE 



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THE LETTER TO THE MAYOR OF SAVANNAH 



THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITIZENS, AND LETTER OF 
THE MAYOR OF SAVANNAH. 



^aO ■* ... 



BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



BOSTON: 

PRESS OF JOHN WILSON AND SON. 
1865. 



ACCOUNT 



SUPPLIES SENT TO SAVANNAH. 



At the call of the Mayor of Savannah, a public 
meeting was held in that city December 28th, 1864, 
which unanimously adopted the following preamble and 
resolutions : — 

Whereas, by the fortunes of war, and the surrender of 
the city by the civil authorities, Savannah passes once more 
under the authority of the United States ; and whereas we 
beHeve that the interests of the city will be best subserved 
and promoted by a full and free expression of our views in 
relation to our present condition, we therefore, the people of 
Savannah, in full meeting assembled, do hereby Besolve, — 

First, That we accept the position, and, in the language of 
the President of the United States, seek to have '^ peace by 
laying down our arms, and submitting to the national author- 
ity under the Constitution;" "leaving all questions which 
remain, to be adjusted by the peaceful means of legislation, 
conference, and votes." 

Second, That, laying aside all differences, and burying by- 
gones in the grave of the past, we will use our best endeavors 
once more to bring back the prosperity and commerce Ave 
once enjoyed. 

Third, That we do not put ourselves in the position of a 
conquered city, asking terms of a conqueror ; but we claim 

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the immunities and privileges contained in the Proclamation 
and Message of the President of the United States, and in all 
the legislation of Congress in reference to a people situated 
as we are ; and while we owe, on our part, a strict obedience 
to the laws of the United States, we ask the protection over 
our persons, lives, and property recognized by those laws. 

Fourth, That we respectfully request his Excellency the 
Governor to call a convention of the people of Georgia, by 
any constitutional means in his power, to give them an oppor- 
tunity of voting upon the question, whether they wish the 
war between the two sections of the country to continue. 

Fifth, That, Major-General Sherman having placed, as mili- 
tary commander of this post, Brigadier-General Geary, who 
has, by his urbanity as a gentleman and his uniform kindness 
to our citizens, done all in his power to protect them and their 
property from insult and injury, it is the unanimous desire of 
all present, that he be allowed to remain in his present posi- 
tion ; and that, for the reasons above stated, the thanks of the 
citizens are hereby tendered to him, and the officers under his 
command. 

Sixth, That an official copy of these resolutions be sent to 
the President of the United States, the Governor of Georgia, 
General Sherman, and to each the Mayors of Augusta, Col- 
umbus, Macon, and Atlanta, and to Brigadier-General Geary. 

After the occupation of that city by the United States 
forces under General Sherman, the Mayor and Aldermen 
of Savannah appointed Colonel Julian Allen, who had 
offered his services gratuitously, to proceed to New 
York for the purpose of negotiating the exchange of 
rice for other provisions for the use of the suffering and 
destitute inhabitants of the city. General Sherman is- 
sued an order to Albert G. Browne, Supervising Special 
Agent of the Treasury Department, confirming this 
appointment, directing the Quartermaster to give him 



transportation, and requesting the Collector of New 
York to grant clearance for provisions for the use of 
the people of Savannah, to the amount of fifty thousand 
dollars in value. 

Colonel Allen, believing that the people of the North 
would rather give the required provisions, and not take 
the rice from the suffering people of Savannah, who 
needed it all, expressed these views to Mr. Browne, 
who concurred in the opinion. The people of Savan- 
nah did not ask aid, and Colonel Allen disclaimed ask- 
ing it for them. He simply made his statement of 
matters of which he had been an eye-witness. He 
arrived in Boston on Saturday, January 7th, 1865. 

On Monday, January 9th, 1865, the citizens of Bos- 
ton were invited, through the public papers, to meet in 
Faneuil Hall on that day at noon, to consider measures 
for the relief of the suffering people of Savannah. It 
was announced that His Honor, Mayor Lincoln, would 
preside ; that Colonel Allen would make some interest- 
ing statements ; and that the Hon. Edward Everett, and 
other gentlemen would address the meeting. The 
leading newspapers called the attention of their readers 
to the meeting, and expressed the opinion that there 
should be a full and enthusiastic gathering of the citi- 
zens in aid of the object. At the appointed hour the 
body of the hall was filled with gentlemen, and many 
ladies occupied seats in the galleries. 

The following officers were appointed : — 



President. 
His Honor MAYOR LINCOLN. 



Vice-Presidents. 



Joseph Whitney. 
Edward S. Tobey. 
John Z. Goodrich. 
James L. Little. 
DwiGHT Foster. 
Henry I. Bowditch. 
Edward N. Kirk. 
Edward E. Hale. 
Lorenzo Sabine. 
Martin Brimmer. 
"William B. Rogers. 
E. R. Mudge. 
George C. Richardson. 
Amos A. Lawrence. 
James Savage, 
josiah quincy. 
Francis C. Manning. 



Samuel H. Walley. 
James M. Beebe. 
George W. Messinger. 
William Gray. 
Charles G. Greene. 
Joseph S. Ropes. 
John P. Putnam. 
Osborn Howes. 
William Claflin. 
William T. Glidden. 
S. R. Spaulding. 
Benjamin E. Bates. 
Alpheus Hardy. 
William Endicott, Jun. 
Nathaniel Francis. 
C. Allen Browne. 
C. F. Dunbar. 



Secretaries. 

M. Denman Ross. Hamilton A. Hill. 

George W. Searle. 



In his opening address, the Mayor said, " The doors 
of Faneuil Hall have not been opened in the last four 
years on a more auspicious occasion. The city of Bos- 
ton hails with joy the sentiments of loyalty and fealty 
to the old flag, which Savannah, freed from her thral- 
dom, is now permitted to utter ; and as her Mayor 
presided over the formal announcement of her renewed 
devotion to the country, so I acknowledge that it is fit 
that one holding similar official relations to Boston 
should participate in the proceedings of this meeting." 

Colonel Allen made a short address, giving full ex- 
planation and evidence respecting the great suffering of 



the citizens of Savannah ; and speeches were made by 
James C. Converse, Joseph S. Fay, George C. Richard- 
son, William Gray, Edward Everett, and William H. 
Gardiner. 

The meeting adopted these resolutions, which the 
Mayor was requested to communicate to the Mayor of 
Savannah : — 

Resolved, That the citizens of Boston have heard with sin- 
cere satisfaction of the course pursued by the authorities and 
people of Savannah, since the occupation of their city by the 
Federal forces under Major-General Sherman ; and especially 
of their distinct and hearty recognition of the duties resting 
upon them, and of the immunities resulting to them as citizens 
of the United States, — their country and ours. 

Resolved, That we extend to the people of Savannah our 
congratulations on their deliverance from the irresponsible 
power of the Rebel Government, and on the re-establishment 
over them of lawful and constitutional supremacy. 

Resolved, That we esteem it a privilege to extend assist- 
ance to the suffering poor of Savannah, of whose destitution 
we are informed by the Mayor and Council of the city, and by 
the statements of Colonel Allen, made on this occasion. 

Resolved, That we invite the people of Boston to furnish 
such contributions of money and provisions as the necessities 
of the case require, and that a Committee of thirty, of Mdiich 
the Mayor shall be chairman, be appointed by the presiding 
officer, to receive them, and to make distribution as they shall 
judge proper. 

The Executive Committee, who were instructed to 
publish such permanent record of all matters connected 
with raising the fund as in their judgment might be 
deemed expedient and proper, cannot omit from this 
record the last appeal of Edward Everett in Faneuil 



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Hall, — the appeal with which he closed his public 
labors on earth ; in itself one of the most touching 
which ever fell from human lips. 

The Committee appointed under the fourth resolution 
met on the following day, January 10th, 1865, passed a 
vote that it was expedient to raise twenty-five thousand 
dollars for the object contemplated, and made the under- 
signed an Executive Committee to purchase and forward 
supplies to Savannah, with full powers. Mr. AVilliam 
Perkins was chosen Treasurer. 

It was announced at this meeting, that Messrs. Glid- 
den and Williams had offered to transport, free of cost, 
such contributions as should be ready for shipment on 
the 14th of January, by the steamer " Greyhound ; " and 
several gentlemen, who were present, offered to advance 
ten thousand dollars, for an immediate purchase, to be 
forwarded by that vessel. 

On January 13th, 1865, the Executive Committee 
reported in part, that on Wednesday, the 11th instant, 
subscription papers were opened at the Mayor's Office, 
at the Merchants' Exchange, at the China Mutual In- 
surance Office, and at the Boylston Insurance Office, 
and were sent to the several members of the General 
Committee ; that the morning papers of Wednesday 
announced the subscriptions of several members of the 
Committee, — 

At their first meeting on Tuesday, amounting to . . . $3,700.00 

That the subscriptions on "Wednesday were 17,607.00 

„ „ „ Thursday were 8,529.00 

,, ,, ,, Friday were 3,955.50 

Making a total of $33,791.50 



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The Committee also reported that several persons had 
offered to accompany and take charge of the shipments 
to Savannah, without compensation ; and that they had 
committed the trust to Messrs. Harrison O. Briggs, 
Julian Allen, and William H. Baldwin. 

Although the whole matter of purchasing and for- 
warding the contributions was intrusted to them, with 
full powers, the Executive Committee preferred, in a 
subject so deeply interesting to a large number of con- 
tributors, to present an early report of the progress 
then made, and to submit, for the several signatures of 
the members composing the General Committee, a letter 
to be sent to the Mayor of Savannah. This letter was 
signed by every member who acted upon the General 
Committee, and will be found with the papers accom- 
panying this statement, in connection with our letter to 
General Sherman, and instructions to our agents. 

The report of the Treasurer which, with the names of 
the contributors, will be found in this account, shows 
that the total amount subscribed in money was $34,- 
495.07. In addition, several subscriptions were made 
of supplies ; and the very liberal contribution of Messrs. 
Glidden and Williams, on behalf of themselves and other 
owners of the " Greyhound," was of the value of fifteen 
hundred dollars. 

By the bills of lading, the supplies were to be delivered 
" to Harrison O. Briggs, Julian Allen, and W. H. Baldwin, 
the Boston Committee, or to assigns, freight for the 
said goods free, being contributions from the citizens of 
Boston to the citizens of Savannah, and shipped per order 
of the Executive Committee. " As it was not convenient 



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for Colonel Allen to proceed to Savannah by the " Daniel 
Webster," from New York, Mr. Henry D. Hyde, a 
member of the General Committee, was appointed an 
additional agent to act in connection with those already 
named. As wiU be seen in the Treasurer's report, the 
shipments were made by three vessels ; the " Greyhound" 
from Boston, and the " Daniel Webster" and "Harvest- 
Moon " from New York. The transportation from New 
York was at the expense of the Government of the 
United States, and was made necessary by the inability 
of the " Greyhound" to carry all the supplies. The re- 
maining funds will be applied in conformity with the 
views of the contributors. 

Five hundred copies of the proceedings of the meet- 
ing in Faneuil Hall, including the report of Mr. Everett's 
speech, were sent by the " Greyhound" for distribution 
among the people of Savannah. 

The undersigned do not deem that the instructions 
given to them require the publication, in this account, of 
matters which have already been widely circulated ; but 
they are unwilling to omit the Report made by the gen- 
tlemen who took charge of the supplies to Savannah, — 
who had free intercourse with all the people of the city, 
and who have taken great pains to acquit themselves, 
in a manner satisfactory to them and to us, of the im- 
portant and delicate trust committed to them. Still less 
are we disposed to omit the proceedings of the public 
meeting in Savannah, on the 25th January, 1865, or the 
letter from Mayor Arnold to one of the Committee who 
had remained in Savannah, dated February 8th, 1865. 

General Sherman stated in conversation, that he had 



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received frequent applications from the interior of 
Georgia to furnish miUtary protection for Union meet- 
ings ; to which he replied that he would gladly do so, 
were his force large enough for the purpose ; but that it 
was of more importance for the Union men of the South 
as well as the North, that his whole army should be 
employed in breaking up the military strength of the 
enemy. 

The Mayor of Savannah proposed to circulate the pro- 
ceedings of the meeting held in that city, with the letter 
from Boston, in the State of Georgia, with the aid of 
the cavalry of our army as opportunity offered ; and we 
intend to send a large number of copies of this account 
to Savannah for the purpose. 

The narrative of these events conveys a faint impres- 
sion of the interest manifested in the few days occupied 
in the completion of the active labors of the Executive 
Committee. The subscription papers, to raise twenty- 
five thousand dollars, were placed before the community 
on Wednesday morning ; and, on Friday afternoon of 
the same week, we reported a subscription of nearly 
thirty-four thousand dollars. In the Merchants' Ex- 
change, kindly proffered to us by the proprietors, our 
table was constantly surrounded by unsolicited subscri- 
bers ; and the absence of all vindictive feeling towards 
the South was particularly evinced by contributions from 
those who have lost some of their most priceless treas- 
ures in the stern realities of the war. 

Will the contributors for the relief of Savannah allow 
us, in closing our official relations to them, to express 
the deep satisfaction which we have enjoyed, in acting 



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as the instruments to receive and transmit their offering 
to the people of Savannah '? The cordial and prompt 
answer given to the appeal made in Faneuil Hall will 
be remembered after we all shall have passed away ; and 
in producing that harmony of a re-united people, to 
which -we confidently look forward, we place great reli- 
ance upon the victories of a Christian spirit. 



WILLIAM GRAY. 
E. R. MUDGE. 
JOHN A. BLANCHARI). 
NATHAN CROWELL. 
W. T. GLIDDEN. 



Boston, February 20th, 1865. 



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LETTERS. 



Letter to General Sherman. 

Boston, January 13th, 1865. 
Major-Genenil W. T. Sherman, Savannah, Ga. 

Dear Sir, — As the Executive Committee of citizens of 
Boston, who have contributed suppHes to be forwarded to 
Savannah for the relief of the sufferers in that city, we beg 
to introduce to your acquaintance, as our agents, Messrs. 
Harrison 0, Briggs, Julian Allen, and William H. Bald- 
win, who have offered to take charge of their transmission 
and delivery. 

We have given them a letter from the General Committee 
to the Mayor of Savannah, and our written instructions for 
their guidance. We enclose to you copies of these papers. 

They will, of course, be in all respects subject to your 
direction, or, in your absence, to that of the General com- 
manding in Savannah. 

Permit us to assure you that we all feel a profound appre- 
ciation of the great services to our country of yourself and 
your noble army. 

We are very respectfully yours, 

William Gr.^y. 

E. R. MUDGE. 

John A. Blanchard. 
Nathan Crowell. 
Wm. T. G lid den. 



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Letter to the Mayor of Savannah. 

Boston, January 13th, 1865. 
To Hon. E. D. Arnold, Mayor of the City of Savannah, Ga. 

Sir, — You will receive from the officers of a meeting of 
the citizens of Boston, held in Fanenil Hall, on Monday the 
9th instant, an attested copy of its proceedings. 

The undersigned were appointed a Committee under the 
fourth resolution. It gives us great gratification to be 
the organ of communication between the people of Savannah 
and our own citizens. Sister cities on the Atlantic, long con- 
nected by friendly ofiices and commercial ties, it gives us 
sincere pleasure to witness the re-opening of an intercourse 
which has been temporarily suspended, and which we believe 
will never again be closed. 

But, far above and beyond the relations to which we have 
just referred, we should not be true to our own convictions, 
nor to the feelings which animate our citizens, were Ave to 
refrain from expressing a deeper cause of satisfaction, — in 
receiving the resolutions passed at the public meeting held in 
Savannah, on the twenty-eighth day of December last. We 
regard them as the true exponent of the heart of the South- 
ern people, and we cordially welcome their expression. 

The history of former days is not forgotten. It has rather 
been deepened by the later trials of our nation. We remem- 
ber the earlier kindness and liberality of the citizens of 
Savannah towards the people of Boston in the dark colonial 
days. We recall the meeting held there on the tenth day of 
August, 1774, when a committee was appointed " to receive 
subscriptions for the sufi'ering poor of Boston : " as to which 
it is recorded, " There are large donations of rice for the suf- 
ferers in Boston ; and, had we the means of sending it to 
them, with very little trouble much more would be collected 
and sent. Few have subscribed less than ten tierces of rice." 
The rice was sent to New York, sold there, and the proceeds, 
£216. Os. 5c?., were remitted to the Boston Committee, and by 
them applied to the relief of the poor here. 



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We remember that Nathanael Greene, the noble son of 
Rhode Island, sleeps in your beautiful cemetery. We recall 
the scene on the banks of the Savannah River, when '' the 
military and municipality met the mournful procession at 
the landing in your city ; the whole body of citizens joining 
with one accord in this last demonstration of respect to him, 
Mdio, of all those who had distinguished themselves during 
the war of the Revolution, was, next to Washington, the one 
who held, at this moment, the highest place in public esteem." 

The memory of past days of common danger and common 
suffering of an united people struggling to be free stands 
before us. The annals of the South and the North, engraven 
together upon the tablets of memory, still live ; and we believe 
that neither the South nor the North will permit them to die. 

Our Executive Committee will give written instructions to 
those in immediate charge of the transmission and delivery 
to you of our offerings of peace and good-will ; and we hope 
soon to hail the day when all the people of the United States 
will, in the language of the President, quoted in your resolu- 
tions, find " peace by laying down their arms, and submitting 
to the national authority under the Constitution," — "leaving 
all questions which remain, to be adjusted by the peaceful 
means of legislation, conference, and votes." 

We are very respectfully yours. 



F. W. Lincoln, Jun., Mayor. 

William B. Spooner. 

Wm. Gray. 

William Perkins. 

M. D. Ross. 

John A. Blanchard. 

Geo. Wm. Bond. 

Joseph W. Balch. 

Fredk. Nickerson. 

Wm. T. Glidden. 

Francis Bacon. 

Eben Howes. 

W. H. Baldwin. 

James C. Converse. 

Samuel D. Warren. 



Joseph H. Curtis. 
Geo. C. Richardson. 
Nathan Crowell. 
Albert Bowker. 
Henry D. Hyde. 
Joseph C. Tyler. 

E. S. TOBEY. 

David H. Coolidge. 
E. R. Mudge. 
Alpheus Hardy. 
S. R. Spaulding. 
Joseph Whitney. 
Jos. S. Fay. 
Hamilton A. Hill. 
N. Thayer. 



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Letter of Instructions to 3Iessrs. Briggs, Allen, and Balchvin. 

Boston, January 13th, 1865. 
To Messrs. Harrison 0. Briggs, Julian Allen, and Wm. H. Baldwin. 

Gentlemen, — You are appointed to take charge of the 
supplies and provisions contributed hy the citizens of Boston 
for the relief of the people of Savannah. One of you will 
sail in the steamer " Greyhound " from Boston, and another 
in the steamer ''Daniel Webster" from New York, on Satur- 
day next. In each vessel will be portions of the articles to 
be forwarded. 

On your arrival at Hilton Head, should these vessels pro- 
ceed no further, you will tranship the articles by such modes 
of conveyance as may be within your reach, — preferring 
Government transportation, if it can be had. 

When you reach Savannah, you will immediately report to 
Major-General Sherman, or, in his absence, to the General 
commanding in Savannah. You will dehver the letter to 
General Sherman, which covers copies of these instructions, 
and of the letter of the General Committee to the Mayor of 
Savannah. 

With the approval of General Sherman, or, in- his absence, 
of the General commanding in Savannah, you will deliver the 
articles shipped, to the Mayor, to be disposed of for the bene- 
fit of all the people of Savannah who may require aid. 

You will advise us frequently, by every opportunity, of 
your proceedings ; giving us full accounts of the execution 
of your trust, and the distribution made. 

You have offered your services in this good work without 
compensation. On behalf of those whom we represent, we 
tender you their thanks. Whatever expenses are necessarily 
incurred in the re-shipment, if any, at Hilton Head, and de- 
livery at Savannah, you may draw for upon us ; notify- 
ing us by mail of the draft, not exceeding two thousand 
dollars. 



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You go on a mission of peace and good-will to the snfler- 
ing : we need not make any suggestions as to the mode in 
which such a mission should be discharged. 

With our good wishes for a prosperous passage and a safe 
return, 

We are truly your friends, 

Wm. Gray. 

E. R. MUDGE. 

John A. Blanchard. 
Nathan Crowell. 
Wm. T. Glidden. 



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REPOUT 



COMMITTEE SEXT TO SAVANNAH. 



To Messrs. William Gray, E. R. Mudge, John A. Blanchard, Nathan Crowell, 
William T. Glidden, Executive Committee, <fc. 

The Committee appointed by you to proceed to Savannah 
in charge of the supplies contributed by the citizens of 
Boston for the relief of the people of that city, having 
delivered the same in accordance with your instructions, beg 
leave to submit the following Report : — 

The value of the supplies placed in our hands at the time 
of our departure was about twenty-five thousand dollars, 
about thirteen of which were shipped on board the steamer 
" Greyhound," whicli sailed from Boston on Saturday, Jan- 
uary 14th ; and the balance, on the United-States transport 
" Daniel Webster," which sailed from New York on the Mon- 
day following. Two members of the Committee took passage 
on the " Greyhound,'' and the other on the " Daniel Webster." 
It was hoped the voyage from Boston would not occupy more 
than four days, and that we should have the satisfaction of 
landing the cargo in Savannah, and relieving the wants of the 
people, without delay ; but, owing to a succession of accidents 
which have already been reported, the " Greyhound -' did not 
arrive until the 25th, and even then, owing to the movements 
of the army, and difficulty in obtaining assistance, we were 
not able to commence discharging the cargo until the 30th. 
The ''Daniel Webster" experienced similar delays, and arrived 
on the same morning with the '' Greyhound ; " but, being 



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needed for special service by the Government, the goods 
were discharged immediately. 

While the vessels M'-ere aground in the river, the Committee 
proceeded to the city, and waited upon General Sherman. 
He at once approved of the enterprise, and gave orders to 
General Grover, the Post Commander, to render us all needed 
assistance ; and we take pleasure in acknowledging the kind- 
ness with which he received the Committee, and the prompt 
manner in Avhich he acted by detailing one of his staff. Lieu- 
tenant Chariot, to co-operate with the municipal authorities 
in the distribution of the stores. The address which you 
requested us to present to the Mayor was then delivered, 
and subsequently published in the papers of the city. 

The steamer " Tlebecca Clyde " with the New York contri- 
butions had arrived before us, although she did not leave 
that city until tlie day after we sailed from Boston. Her small 
size and light draft of water enabled her to pass directly up 
the river, and the supplies on her were being discharged 
when we arrived. 

The contributions, on being landed, were immediately placed 
in an adjoining store-house, and protected by a guard. From 
the store-house they were removed to a store in the central 
part of the city for distribution. 

A meeting of the City Council was then called, and the 
Committees from New York and Boston invited to confer 
with them, for the purpose of organizing some plan of distri- 
bution, which should afford to all, prompt and immediate 
relief. The following method was then adopted : — 

A number of responsible gentlemen were appointed in each 
ward, who go from house to house, and learn the wants of 
each family. After satisfying themselves as to their actual 
necessities, the head of the family is presented with a ticket 
bearing the amount he is entitled to receive ; this ticket is 
presented at the store of delivery the next morning, and the 
goods at once obtained. These tickets are renewed each 
week, if the same want continues, with some change as to the 
articles of food, so far as the variety sent will allow. Your 



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Committee are satisfied that this is the most impartial system 
that could have been adopted, and made many careful 
inquiries as to whether it was being faithfully carried out, 
and are satisfied that the authorities are making every efibrt 
to supply all without distinction. 

On Wednesday, the 25th, a public meeting was held in the 
Exchange in response to a call made in pursuance of a resolu- 
tion of the City Council ; an official copy of the proceedings 
of which meeting is herewith presented. 

Your Committee were not only gratified by the public 
expressions of gratitude manifested on that occasion, but also 
by the renewal of them at private interviews, and believe they 
are sincere and heartfelt. 

The attentions of the citizens were all we could desire or 
expect under the circumstances, and their only regret was 
that their condition prevented them from showing us more 
hospitality. We desire in this connection to express our 
thanks to Messrs. Bartels and Riddle, proprietors of the 
Pulaski House, for their attentions during our whole stay; 
they declining to receive from us any remuneration. 

We would here close our report, which we believe embraces 
all that was required in your letter of instructions under 
which we were to act. 

Our duties were simple and plain; and we have endeavored 
to discharge them so that the recipients of your bounty might 
feel that you were actuated by no other motive than a desire 
to relieve their sufferings, and that your gifts were the 
expressions of Christian sympathy and good-will. Since, how- 
ever, Ave have returned, we find much interest manifested in 
the general condition of affairs, and a desire to know, if possi- 
ble, the true state of union sentiment among the people of 
Savannah. 

We would therefore add, that, although not authorized by 
you, or considering that it was in any manner connected with 
our mission, we nevertheless employed all the leisure time, 
during our stay in that city, in making careful investigations, 
and gathering all reliable information upon this point. 



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We visited many of the prominent citizens at their homes, 
and held interviews with some who proclaimed themselves 
still bitterly opposed to the Federal Government, for the 
purpose of obtaining from them their opinion of the mani- 
festations of loyalty which were being made, and learn, if 
possible, the true motives by which those were actuated 
whose allegiance to the Federal Government dated only from 
the time of General Sherman's occupation of the city. By 
adopting this course, together with the opportunities which 
we had of attending some of the meetings of the leading citi- 
zens, which from their nature were necessarily of a private 
character, and where their future plans and purposes Avere 
discussed, we feel that the conclusions which we have formed, 
whether correct or otherwise, may not be uninteresting. 
Therefore, from all information thus gathered, we feel justified 
in assuming that there have always been in Savannah a few 
really and thoroughly loyal Union men. They have not been 
allowed, it is true, to proclaim it at all times ; but nevertheless 
they have remained firm, enduring threats, insults, and abuse : 
while some have only escaped violence on account of their age 
or established respectability. They have maintained their po- 
sition, and their consistency is acknowledged even by their 
enemies. But the far larger class, which we think includes 
nearly all the male population of the city, are those who are 
convinced of the hopelessness of the rebel cause, who at last 
begin to realize the power and determination of the North ; 
admitting fully that they are exhausted, while our strength 
and resources are comparatively unimpaired. They see that 
a continuation of the struggle must inevitably result in their 
complete disaster, if not in their final extermination ; and 
consequently, with this conviction, they consider a further 
continuation of the conflict on their part but madness and 
folly, and the further effusion of blood criminal. 

They therefore yield to the power of the Federal Govern- 
ment, and proclaim themselves ready to renew their allegiance 
to it. The women, however, are still ardent advocates of the 
rebel cause : this may be easily explained from the fact, that 



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they are governed more by passion and impulse than men, 
and have not yet given the question a cahu and sober consid- 
eration. Many have lost husbands, sons, and brothers in the 
struggle, and are not yet willing to admit that all the sacrifices, 
hardships, and sufferings of the past four years, together Avith 
the blood which has been shed, shall all be in vain. As they 
are led to take a more reasonable view of their position, their 
opinions will doubtless change ; but at present they, together 
with the clergy, are, with few exceptions, on the side of the 
confederacy. 

This, we submit, is the correct position of the masses of 
the citizens of the city, and the true state of Union sentiment 
among them. They have, we doubt not, been sincere in their 
expressions ; and have come back under the government of 
the United States, claiming the benefits of the President's 
Proclamation, and the protection and magnanimity of the 
administration. 

As some paragraphs appeared in the public newspapers, 
shortly after our departure, to the eff"ect that the condition of 
the people of Savannah had been exaggerated, thereby 
giving the impression that the contributions which had been 
bestowed were not required, we deem it proper to present a 
simple statement of the actual condition of the citizens, which, 
we trust, will satisfy the most sceptical, that not only was 
every pound of the supplies needed, but that, unless some 
measures are adopted whereby they can render to themselves 
assistance, they will, after these are exhausted, become either 
dependent on the general Government, or the further charities 
of the benevolent. 

For some weeks prior to the capture of the city by General 
Sherman, nearly every article of food had been consumed 
except the rice, which had been taken possession of by the 
confederate authorities, and was sold by them to all classes at 
a uniform price, the rebel currency being the medium of 
exchange. The Federal army had swept the country for 
miles around the city ; and, when it occupied it, the inhabit- 
ants were in a state of most extreme destitution. 



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The property of the citizens consisted of real estate, bank 
and railroad stocks, negroes, cotton, and rice. In one or all 
of the above investments did the wealth of these people con- 
sist ; and from nothing else could they realize a dollar wiiereby 
to purchase the necessaries of life, aside from their own cur- 
rency. The first order of General Sherman swept that from 
circulation, and made it penal to pass, under any circum- 
stances. Their real estate was valueless : there were no 
purchasers ; and, if there were, no satisfactory title could be 
given. The bank stock had long since exploded, and the 
banking-houses immediately occupied by military authorities. 
The railways have for the past four years been in the hands 
of the rebel Government ; and those not destroyed by our 
forces are nearly worn out, and of but little value. The 
negroes were at once as free as themselves ; and even their 
house-servants had nearly all deserted them. 

The rice had long since passed out of their hands ; and the 
only available property in their possession, and on which they 
could possibly realize a single dollar under any circumstances, 
was cotton. Thirty thousand bales of this were stored in the 
warehouses on the wharves, and about five thousand scattered 
throughout the private buildings and dwelling-houses of the 
city. This last amount was held principally by the poorer 
classes, who had secured a few bales each, with the idea that, 
as a last resort, they should have something by which they 
could realize enough to provide for their necessities, when all 
else should fail. 

The few Union men who, from the commencement of the 
war, were convinced of the final result, had invested all their 
surplus funds, together with the proceeds of any other prop- 
erty which they might be able to dispose of in it ; considering 
it the only thing that would be of any ultimate value. 

Others, as their confidence in the success of the Confeder- 
acy became impaired, followed their example ; and the result 
is, that the amount stored in the warehouses was held by a 
large number of owners. General Sherman, however, con- 
fiscated the entire stock in the whole city, including every 



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bale in every private house ; and an agent was appointed 
whose special duty it is to ship it at once to New York, 

It will therefore be seen that the most wealthy were at 
once left without a dollar of available property in their pos- 
session ; and, as Mayor Arnold remarked in his public address, 
'' all were reduced to one dead level of poverty." This was 
their condition when your Committee arrived with your con- 
tributions, and the relief it afforded was in no respect too 
immediate or abundant ; but, notwithstanding all the present 
hardships and sufferings of these people, we regret to believe 
that their future prospects are the cause of flxr greater anxiety 
and solicitude. 

In addition to the destitution resulting from four years 
of non-intercourse with the outer world, and the ravages 
produced by a war which has swept off more than one-half 
the young men between the ages of sixteen and fifty, deso- 
lating every household, comes now the sudden and complete 
overthrow of their institution of slavery, convulsing society 
to its very foundations ; changing the relations which have 
existed in the community for nearly two centuries, in an 
hour ; and placing two races, with all their prejudices and 
peculiarities, at once on the same common level of equality. 
Here they stand face to face, antagonistic, — alike destitute, 
beginning life anew, jealous of each other, and uncertain of 
the future. Well may the contemplation of the prospect fill 
them, as it does, with consternation and dismay ; and men who 
have passed the prime of manhood, as they look forward 
through the years which it must take to re-organize society, 
re-arrange labor upon a new basis, and bring back business 
into its legitimate channels, shrink back discouraged, despon- 
dent, and disheartened. 

We therefore beg leave, in closing, to call your especial 
attention to this aspect of their condition. We have now 
fully and fairly reached the question of the immediate and 
unconditional emancipation of four millions of bondmen. The 
marcli of General Sherman through the heart of the South, 
and his continued progress northward, settles the question, 



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even if there were no enactments of Congress to confirm it. 
It is a responsibility which a large portion of the people of 
the North have for the past twenty years invited, and have 
felt themselves prepared to assume ; but, we submit, it is one 
which has never been equalled in magnitude in the history 
of any nation, and will require all the sagacity, wisdom, and 
philanthropy of every statesman, patriot, and Christian to 
meet it. 

What are to be the future relations of this people is the 
grand question of this nation. If the freedman is to be pro- 
tected by the Government while the war continues, what 
shall be his condition when the States return, and assume 
control? If left to find his place by the necessity of capital 
and labor, who can say that the necessity may not crush him ? 
We agree with General Sherman, that at an early day he must 
be provided with a home ; but how to arrange and regulate 
it is a problem not yet solved. General Saxton, on the Sea 
Islands, is doing all in his power to benefit and elevate them ; 
while the Freedmen's Aid Society are mainly directing their 
efforts to the relief of their immediate necessities, and the 
organization of an educational system among them. 

But the great work of re-organizing labor, so that produc- 
tion may be encouraged, protection enjoyed, and withal the 
race elevated, has hardly yet been touched ; and believing it 
can never be successfully carried out, except by the co-oper- 
ation of practical men, we have ventured to make these few 
remarks. 

Haeeison 0. Beiggs. 

Heney D. Hyde. 

Wm. H. Baldwin. 

Boston, February 15th, 1865. 



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PKOCEEDINGS 



PUBLIC MEETING HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER. 



Savannah, January 25th, 1865. 

In response to a call made in pursuance to the following 
resolution of the City Council, viz., *' Resolved, That His 
Honor, Mayor Arnold, be requested to convene a meeting of 
our citizens at the Exchange, at twelve o'clock on the 
25th instant, for the purpose of giving expression to their 
heartfelt thanks to the citizens of New York and Boston for 
the very large, valuable, and timely contributions of provi- 
sions and other necessaries of life which have been received 
and are now on their way to this city ; and that His Honor 
the Mayor invite the several Committees from New York and 
Boston, including the owners and commander of the * Re- 
becca Clyde,' with Captain Yeale of General Geary's staff 
and Lieutenant Chai-lot, U.S.A., all of whom have co-operated 
with us in the good work, to attend the meeting," — a large 
meeting of the citizens met this day at the Exchange. 

On motion of Mr. H. Brigham, His Honor, Mayor Arnold, 
was called to the chair, and Mr. John Gammell was requested 
to act as Secretary. 

The Mayor, on taking the chair, made the following re- 
marks : — 

" Fellow-citizens : For the second time since the capture 
of our city, it has been my duty to summon you to meet 
together in public assembly. 



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" The occasion which brings you together to-day is one 
which will be ever remarkable even in the annals of the last 
few weeks, so pregnant as they have been with events which 
make epochs in history, and which almost condense a lifetime 
in a day. 

"A brief review of the circumstances under which we 
were placed will be necessary for a clearer understanding of 
our present condition. 

"The capture of Savannah, on the 21st of December, 1864, 
produced greater alterations in our condition than mere mili- 
tary possession and military government. The Confederate 
currency, already inflated to an almost nominal value, was 
still the medium of exchange while Savannah was in the 
Confederacy : but, the moment the United States regained 
Savannah, Confederate money was literally not worth the 
paper on which it was printed ; and all, all of us, individuals 
and the City Government, were reduced to a dead level of 
poverty. Cut off from all communication with the external 
world, with no means to purchase provisions, and no provi- 
sions to purchase, I did not exaggerate your condition in my 
opening remarks on the 28th of December. 

" The want of fuel was supplied, as far as practicable, by 
the direction of the noble Geary ; and I am happy to state, 
that, at the earliest practicable period, his successor, Major- 
General Grover, will take measures to furnish wood to our 
inhabitants. 

" The statements made at the meeting of the citizens, and 
the observations of eye-witnesses from the North, struck a 
sympathetic chord in the breasts of many generous citizens 
of New York and Boston ; and, recollecting the time-honored 
adage, 'Bis dat qui cito dat ' (He gives doubly who gives 
quickly), in the shortest possible time and at the most in- 
clement season of the year, behold the noble steamships 
wending their way southward, freighted with provisions, 
accompanied by the Committees, whose whole-souled philan- 
thropy has been their only guide. These ships, this accepta- 
ble freight, these philanthropic gentlemen of the Committees 

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of New York and Boston, are here ; and it is to give you an 
opportunity of expressing your heartfelt gratitude that you 
have met together this day. 

" I do not envy the man who is not willing to join heartily 
and sincerely in this expression of feeling; but I do not be- 
lieve there is any such within the sound of my voice. 

'' I hope that this day will prove that the citizens of Savan- 
nah justly appreciate the generosity of New York and Boston, 
and that they will further show that they look upon the 
action as the olive branch of peace ; and that they will meet 
it, on their part, by the fairest, frankest acceptance of it as 
such. 

" Such, from what I have seen, I believe to be the prevalent 
sentiment of our people. 

" War stirs up the very foundations of society. We are 
now in the midst of jarring elements ; but a ray of light is 
dawning. We may expect that it will lead to a more perfect 
day ; and we must, in the mean time, endeavor to profit by 
the words of St. Paul, ' Tribulation worketh patience, and 
patience experience, and experience hope.' " 

He then introduced to the meeting the following gentle- 
men : Messrs. Archibald Baxter, C. H. P. Babcock, Frank 
Lathrop, representatives of the city of New York; Messrs. 
IT. 0. Briggs, W. H. Baldwin, H. D. Hyde, representatives of 
the city of Boston ; Mr. L. E. Chittenden, one of the owners 
of the steamer " Rebecca Clyde ; " Mr. John M. Glidden, 
one of the owners of the steamer '^ Greyhound;" Captain 
Veale, U.S.A. ; and Lieutenant Chariot, U.S.A., acting with 
the Relief Committee on part of the military authorities. 

On motion, the Chair appointed the following Committee of 
thirteen gentlemen to report resolutions, viz. : — 

Wylly Woodbridge, N. B. Knapp, T. R. Mills, William 
Hunter, G. W. Wylly, E. Padelford, A. Champion, A. A. Solo- 
mons, John McMahon, Isaac Cohen, T. J. Walsh, John R. 
Wilder, H. A. Crane. 

During the absence of the Committee, by invitation of the 



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Chairman, the meeting was eloquently and appropriately 
addressed by the following gentlemen; viz., Messrs. Baxter, 
Chittenden, Briggs, Baldwin, and Hyde, and Capt. Veale 
U.S.A. 

The Committee having returned, reported, through their 
Chairman, Wylly Woodbridge, Esq., the following resolutions, 
which were unanimously adopted : — 

" The spontaneous and unsolicited liberality and benevo- 
lence of the citizens of New York and Boston, in raisine: 
contributions and purchasing and forwarding provisions for 
the use of the destitute of the city of Savannah, call for no 
ordinary expression on the part of its citizens. 

" Deprived for years of all external trade, cut off from the 
commercial world by a rigid blockade, the resources of 
the town were gradually wasted away, until we had reached 
the point of almost positive starvation, when the occupation 
by the army of General Sherman took place. 

" This transition state of society complicates our situation. 
The military power must obtain, so long as any portion of the 
Southern States maintain an armed resistance to the Union. 
Civil government cannot be established, nor the channels of 
ordinary intercourse be opened. While this lasts, the people 
are comparatively helpless. 

" Such is the situation of Savannah ; and such, in succes- 
sion, will be the condition of the various portions of the 
country, as they again fall into possession of the National 
Government. 

" The hand of sympathy and fellowship so generously ex- 
tended to us by the citizens of New York and Boston affords 
the most gratifying evidence, that a large portion of our 
Northern fellow-citizens are desirous of re-estabhshing the 
amicable relations which formerly existed between the vari- 
ous sections of our wide-spread Republic, and ought to carry 
conviction to every unprejudiced mind that there is but one 
course to pursue ; and that is, to aim at a speedy termination 
of the unfortunate strife wdiich has been devastating the 



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country for nearly four years. Havi-ng appealed to arms to 
decide the question, the weaker party, in such a contest, 
must abide the issue of events, and cannot dictate terms. 

" But the proclamation of President Lincoln has pointed 
out the only way in which the United States, with their unex- 
hausted and inexhaustible materials of war, will consent to 
peace ; and one of the largest meetings ever held in this city, 
on the 28th of December, placed the people of Savannah in 
the category presented by the Chief Magistrate. 

" The meeting called to-day to convey the thanks of our 
citizens to the generous donors of the provisions which are 
to be distributed gratuitously to the needy is the direct fruit 
of this action, dictated as it was by the reasonable hope of 
retrieving the mistakes of the past, and re-establishing, as far 
as possible, the prosperity which once blessed our land. 

" Whatever may be the action of the United-States Govern- 
ment in future, this meeting has to-day a duty to perform to 
the citizens of New York and Boston, in giving expression 
to the sentiment of the town in relation to the munificent 
bounty of which it is the grateful recipient. 

" The city is in the same condition as it was Avhen the 
meeting of 28th December was held. The great difficulty is 
in the fact, that the people are without remunerative industrial 
occupation, which the early opening of our port would speedily 
relieve. Let us hope that this may be remedied in reasonable 
time. Meanwhile the contributions of our generous donors 
are literally a Godsend ; for, as the scanty resources of living 
which were in the city when captured have been gradually 
consumed, literal starvation stared us in the face. We are 
now relieved from any immediate fear of this calamity, and 
have at least respite until the present chaotic elements of our 
situation shall subside into order. Be it therefore — 

'^Besolved, That the citizens of Savannah tender their heart- 
felt gratitude to the Chamber of Commerce of New York, to 
the New-York Commercial Association of the Produce Ex- 
change, and all the liberal citizens of the city of New York, 
who contributed means to purchase provisions, and also to 



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the New York and Washington Steamship company, which 
so generously placed the steamship ' Rebecca Clyde ' at the 
service of the Committee, for the transportation of the provi- 
sion hither. 

"Besolved, That the same acknowledgment is due to the 
citizens of Boston for their prompt and liberal action in rais- 
ing contributions, and sending out provisions, for the relief 
of our citizens ; and also to the owners of the steamship 
' Greyhound ' for their generosity in furnishing transportation 
for the provisions ; and that the place of their meeting in 
Faneuil Hall, the Cradle of American Liberty in the days of 
our common struggle for independence, was an appropriate 
one for.the renewal of those ties which then bound Massa- 
chusetts and Georgia in a common bond. 

" The eloquent and touching letter of the Boston Relief 
Committee to an unfortunate people is treasured for the chil- 
dren of many a family. 

"Besolved, That these expressions are not alone an offering 
from those whose necessities may induce them to accept the 
bounty so liberally bestowed, but are the wide utterance of a 
grateful community. 

"Besolved, That the thanks of the citizens of Savannah are 
eminently due, and are hereby gratefully returned, to Colonel 
Julian Allen of New York for his kindness in offering to 
advance the funds and to make purchases for the corporate 
authorities of the city of Savannah, until he could be re-im- 
bursed by shipments of rice ; and also for his philanthropic 
exertions in bringing to the notice of the citizens of New 
York and Boston the destitute condition of our people, of 
which he became personally cognizant while among us. 

"Besolved, That our most cordial thanks are due, and are 
hereby returned, to Messrs. Archibald Baxter, H. P. Babcock, 
and Frank Lathrop, the Committee on the part of the New- 
York contributors; and to Mr. L. E. Chittenden and the other 
owners of the * Rebecca Clyde ; ' and to Messrs. H. 0. Briggs, 
W. H. Baldwin, and Henry D. Hyde, Committee on the part 
of the citizens of Boston, who, at this inclement season of the 



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year, have sacrificed the comforts of home, and braved the 
privations of a winter voyage, to fulfil their mission of mercy; 
and also to Mr. Glidden, and the other owners of the steamer 
* Greyhound,' for her gratuitous use in conveying the pro- 
visions. 

"Hesolved, That the citizens of Savannah heard with pro- 
found regret of the death of the Hon. Edward Everett ; his 
name and fame are the common pride of the country ; but the 
city of Savannah will claim to hold in especial remembrance 
the fact, that the last public act of his life was in behalf of 
her suffering people, and under circumstances which evinced 
that the kindness of his heart was not even exceeded by the 
brilliancy of his intellect. They knew he was great : they 
feel he was good." 

On motion of Mr. A. Wilbur, the following resolution was 
adopted : — 

"Besolved, That special copies of the proceedings of this 
meeting be forwarded by His Honor the Mayor to the Presi- 
dent of the United States, the President of the Chamber of 
Commerce of the city of New York, the President of the 
Produce Exchange of New York ; to General W. T. Sher- 
man; to Albert G. Browne, Esq., Treasury Agent ; to Colonel 
Julian Allen of New York ; to His Honor the Mayor of the 
city of Boston; and the President of the Board of Trade of 
Boston." 

On motion, the meeting adjourned. 

R. D. Arnold, 3Iayor of Savannah. 
Jno. Gammell, Secretary. 



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LETTER OF MAYOR ARNOLD. 



Savannah, February 8th, 1865. 
To W. H. Baldwin, Esq., one of the Boston Relief Committee. 

Dear Sir, — My meeting with you tliis morning was an 
unexpected pleasure, as I had beHeved that you had left the 
city some days since, — a pleasure not arising alone from per- 
sonal considerations, but also from the fact that your con- 
tinued presence among us has enabled you to witness the 
effects of the generosity of your fellow-townsmen to our 
suffering people, and to judge for yourself of the mode of 
distribution which has been adopted by the corporate author- 
ities, which, I was gratified to learn from you, met your 
approval. 

The peculiar circuinstances uuder which we are placed, 
rendered this duty somewhat difficult. As I have said in my 
addresses to our public meetings, one great difficulty is the 
want of remunerative industrial occupation for the classes 
accustomed to work ; and, until the unhappy strife now carry- 
ing on between North and South shall have terminated, and 
the channels of intercourse between town and country be 
again opened, and the mutual relations of supply and demand 
between them be re-established, this state of affairs must 
exist more or less. 

The sudden dissolution of the relations of master and ser- 
vant, which have hitherto regulated a large class of our labor, 
has produced, and will produce, effects not easily compre- 
hended by those who are not on the spot to witness them. 

In days gone by. Savannah proudly claimed the honor of 
being the pioneer of the great works of internal improve- 
ment which rendered Georgia so prosperous ; and, in the 
ratio of her population, can challenge most cities to a com- 



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parison of the capital contributed for those purposes. But a 
sad change has occurred. Her bank capital has been swal- 
lowed up in the vortex of Confederate currency ; her imme- 
diate railroads have been damaged to an extent which will 
require a large amount of labor and capital to repair ; and 
the productive powers of the country at large are — for the 
present, at least — entirely prostrated. 

Unless labor, the source of all well-being in this world, 
shall be re-organized in some practical form, a dreary future 
awaits the South. But it is the part of common sense to look 
evils sternly in the face, to acknowledge them when they 
exist, and to make every effort to remedy them. 

The alternative is to succumb in hopeless despondency, — 
an alternative which will not be accepted by any of our 
people. We have a trying period to pass through ; but we 
will pass through it, though many faint by the Avay. 

The course of events is often as impetuous and irresistible 
as the cataracts of Niagara ; yet they find their way into a 
comparatively placid lake : so may the waters of our revolu- 
tion subside. 

The preamble and resolutions of the meeting of citizens of 
Savannah, a copy of which I have the honor to subjoin, fully 
express the sentiments entertained in this city in relation to 
the generous and spontaneous action of your city. The 
pleasant intercourse with your associates, Messrs. Briggs and 
Hyde, and 3^ourself, has, I hope, on your part, as it has on 
ours, bound more closely the ties which are destined here- 
after to keep us joined together as fellow-citizens of a wide- 
spread Republic. 

With great regard, I remain yours, 

R. D. Arnold. 



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SPEECH OF EDWARD EVERETT. 



Mr. Mayor, — After the statements to which we have just 
listened from Colonel Allen, the eye-witness of the scenes he 
has described, I do not feel as if any thing I could say was 
wanting to induce the citizens of Boston to respond promptly 
to his appeal. The condition of Savannah ceitainly makes 
an imperative call upon our best feelings. It contains 
twenty thousand men, women, and children, suffering to a 
greater or less degree for clothing, fuel, and food. Their 
care-worn looks, their haggard faces, their emaciated frames, 
as described by Colonel Allen, bear witness that they have 
long been in this condition. General Sherman having escaped 
into the city, and General Hardee having escaped out of it, 
the authority of the United States has been restored in this 
principal seaport of Georgia, and cheerfully accepted, nay, 
joyously welcomed, by the main body of the inhabitants. 

There can, I think, be no doubt of the last fact. At the 
great public meeting convened by the Mayor, — a meeting of 
all classes of the citizens, held in the Masonic Hall, the lar- 
gest in the city, — after the address of the Mayor, which has 
been generally copied into our papers, the resolutions, which 
have also been extensively inserted in our journals, were 
passed by acclamation ; the allusion to the flag of the United 
States and the home of the President being received with 
hearty cheers. Now this I consider one of the most remark- 
able and encouraging events of the war. It proves what I 
have always asserted, because I have always known, that 
there was a wide-spread Union sentiment at the South. 
There is not one of the Southern States, with the possible 
exception of South Carolina, and I doubt even that, in which, 
if the question had been thrown to a popular vote, after a 

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full and free discussion, for a year and three-quarters, as was 
the case with the Constitution framed in 1787, the first blow 
of the Rebellion could have been struck. But, long before 
the outbreak, a system of political proscription and intimida- 
tion, enforced when necessary by acts of violence, had estab- 
lished a complete reign of terror ; so that, when the time 
came, the masses were '' precipitated " by a few ambitious 
and disappointed political and military leaders into the 
Rebellion. Gladly would they have thrown off the yoke ; but 
the means that placed it have riveted it on their necks. 
All history teaches how small an organized military power 
suffices to hold an unarmed population in subjection. With 
all their able-bodied men, of whatever opinion, forced into 
the army, and the pains and penalties of treason visited upon 
every one who manifests in word or deed a wish for the 
restoration of the Union, it is not to be wondered at, that an 
open expression of that sentiment has not taken place. 
Considering the vicissitudes of war, and the possibility, as it 
may seem to them, that the confederate yoke may again be 
placed upon their city, though we well know that that event 
will take place when Savannah River runs up hill, I rather 
wonder that her citizens have ventured even now to take the 
step they have. It is evidently a fair expression of the 
sentiment of the city. The meeting was called by the Mayor, 
at the request of leading citizens ; none of General Sherman's 
army, officers or men, were present; sentinels Avere placed 
at the door to keep the soldiers out, and none in fact were 
admitted. There have been other manifestations equally 
expressive of good-will between the people of Savannah and 
General Sherman's army. The best understanding Exists be- 
tween the military and the local authorities ; private property 
is respected ; the officers of the army are gladly received as 
private boarders in the houses of the citizens ; and there is 
not probably in the United States, at this moment, a better 
governed and more quiet and orderly city than Savannah. 
These precious boons have been brought back to its citizens 
with the flag of the Union. 



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But something else must go with it. There is no store of 
food there. Their warehouses, their dwelling-houses, are 
empty of provisions and of the other necessaries of life ; and 
there are twenty thousand men, women, and children, who, 
in the interval which must necessarily elapse before trade 
can return to its accustomed channels, must be clothed and 
warmed and fed. It is our duty, as I know it will be our 
pleasure, to do our part in this benevolent work. They of- 
fer, it is true, to send the rice which General Sherman has 
given them, and sell it at the enhanced price which it bears 
in our market, in payment of the supplies in which they 
stand in sore need. But New York and Boston don't want 
their rice. Savannah wants our pork, beef, and flour ; and I 
say, in the name of Heaven, let us send it to them without 
money and without price. By-and-by we will trade with 
them as we did in the good times before the curse of Seces- 
sion and Rebellion came upon the land. By-and-by we will 
take the rice and the cotton, and give them our food and our 
fabrics in return. 

Now, sir, I had rather not be paid for the relief we send 
them. Our storehouses and granaries are full ; our farmers 
never had a better year. Some branches of trade and manu- 
factures are depressed, but others are more than usually 
active and profitable. The great West, big as she is, is 
hardly big enough to hold the wealth that is annually reaped 
from her fertile fields ; and, as if the accustomed products of 
the soil were deemed insufiicient by a bountiful Providence, 
the very clods of the earth throughout the Middle States 
" are pouring out rivers of oil," till King Petroleum bids fair 
to sway the markets of the world, as King Cotton did before 
his fibrous majesty was dethroned. In this state of things, 
sir, I don't want our great commercial cities, warm-hearted 
Boston and imperial New York, to go to chafi'ering with poor, 
war-stricken, starving Savannah for the food she needs for 
her famished citizens. No, sir: I should as soon have ex- 
pected the fond father in the parable, that loveliest page in 
the sacred volume, to drive a bargain with his returning son 



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for a meaPs victuals out of the fatted calf Let us offer it 
to them freely, not in the spirit of alms-giving, but as a 
pledge of fraternal feeling, and an earnest of our disposition 
to resume all the kind offices of fellow-citizenship with our 
returning brethren. 

Do you say that they were lately our enemies ? I am well 
convinced, that the majority, the great majority, were so but 
nominally. But what if they were our enemies ? '^ If thine 
enemy hunger, feed him ; if he thirst, give him drink ; " espe- 
cially when he has laid down his arms, and submits to your 
power. And I hope we may never have to retaliate in any 
other way the cruelties of starvation practised upon our 
poor prisoners. Nothing so plainly shows the ruthless spirit 
of the leaders of the Rebellion, as the manner in which our 
prisoners of war have been treated at some of the depots. 
The accounts of these cruelties which have reached us have, 
of course, been contradicted ; but I know them to be true. I 
know it from some of the living victims of these cruelties. 
A young officer exchanged from Libby — a person as well 
entitled to credit as any one, high or low in office, priest or 
layman, by whom his account has been or can be contradicted 
— assured me that the statements so frequently made of the 
cruel manner in which our prisoners were treated in that 
prison are unexaggerated. An officer recently escaped from 
Columbia informed a friend of mine, who repeated it to me 
last Saturday, that the alloAvance even to officers was a very 
small quantity of uncooked cob meal daily, with a spoonful 
of sorghum sirup. The condition in which the returned 
prisoners came back to us — their wasted frames, their 
sunken eyes, their nerveless limbs — shows that it is the 
settled policy of the Rebel leaders to send them home broken 
down, body and mind, and unfit for service ; in other words, 
to keep them out of the grave just long enough to be ex- 
changed for a Rebel prisoner, who will return better fed and 
clothed than he was at home, hale and hearty, and ready to 
take the field. That such is the case with the Southern 
prisoners of war at our depots, I have had some opportunities 



39 



to know personally. The prisoners at Fort Warren are as 
well housed and fed, as far as substantial are concerned, as 
nine-tenths of the people of Massachusetts ; that is, they have 
comfortable shelter, space for exercise, adequate clothing, 
and food, animal and vegetable, in abundance. I visited 
Camp Douglas, near Chicago, at a time when eight thousand 
confederate prisoners were confined there. They had twenty 
acres of ground for exercise and games in which they chose 
to indulge ; they had comfortable barracks ; I saw Western 
hams by the cart-load unloading into their store-rooms, and I 
passed through their quarters just at the dinner-hour. The 
tables certainly were not spread with damask table-cloths, 
nor set out with porcelain or cut glass ; nor did I taste the 
food. But, judging from looks and smell, it was as wholesome 
and savory as I ever wish to see on my own table ; and, in 
quantity and quality, it was equal to that of the Union regi- 
ments that guarded the depot. A similar state of things, I 
was informed by an intimate friend of mine, an officer high in 
public service, exists at Johnson's Island, in Lake Erie. I 
have also heard from trustworthy sources similar accounts of 
the treatment of the prisoners at Fort Delaware. 

Mr. Davis made it a complaint in one of his messages, that 
Southern prisoners were confined at a place so far north as 
Fort Johnson. He did not appear to remember, that Millen 
and Andersonville in summer might be as trying to a North- 
ern constitution as Fort Johnson to a Southern constitution 
in winter ; and it is a curious fact, officially ascertained, that 
the proportion of persons frozen to death is greater at the 
South than the North, in consequence of our more effectual 
precautions to resist the cold. I mention these facts, the 
rather now, that, as an offset to the cruelty practised on our 
prisoners at the South, an attempt is making to persuade the 
sympathizing classes in Europe, that Southern prisoners are 
made to suffer at the North. 

Now, sir, I believe the best way in which we can retaliate 
upon the South for the cruel treatment of our prisoners is for 
us to continue to treat their prisoners with entire humanity 



40 



and all reasonable kindness ; and not only so, but to seize 
every opportunity like the present to go beyond this. In- 
deed, it is no more than our duty to treat the prisoner well. 
The law of nations requires it. The Government that refuses 
or neglects it does not deserve the name of osivilized. Even 
inability is no justification. If you are yourself so exhausted 
that you cannot supply your prisoner with a sufficient quan- 
tity of wholesome food, you are bound, with or without ex- 
change, to set him free. You have no more right to starve 
than to poison him. It will, however, be borne in mind, that 
while the hard fare of our prisoners is defended by the South- 
ern leaders, on the ground that it is as good as that of their 
own soldiers, — at the same time, they maintain that their har- 
vests are abundant, and their armies well fed. There is no 
merit in treating a prisoner with common humanity : it is 
simply infamous and wicked to treat him otherwise. While 
we take no credit to ourselves that we do not starve our 
prisoners, let us show that we are glad of a chance to minis- 
ter to the wants of our fellow-citizens of the South, when we 
are under no moral obligations to do so. 

Under no moral obligations, did I say, sir ? I am not so 
sure of that. Forty years ago, we thought it our duty to 
relieve the starving Greeks. We sent ship-loads of pro- 
visions to them iu charge of a worthy citizen (Dr. Howe) to 
make the distribution ; and the memory of that kindly deed 
still dwells on the '' Isles that crown the Egean deep." 
When the icy hand of famine smote the toiling millions of 
Ireland, in 1847, the cry of their distress reached this hall, 
and returned with a generous response. When the want of 
employment, caused by the cessation of the supply of cotton, 
deprived the operatives of Lancashire of their daily bread, 
our friends in New York sent the " George Griswold," laden 
with provisions, to their succor. The pirate Semmes showed 
what he was made of, by burning the vessel on her return 
voyage. Not a twelvemonth has elapsed since the heart of 
our community was stirred to its depths by the pathetic elo- 
quence of Colonel Taylor, setting forth the distress of our 



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brethren in East Tennessee. The relief extended by you in all 
these cases was not a mere gush of sentimental benevolence : 
it was, as you so considered it, the performance of a Christian 
duty, an act of obedience to the great law of love, which, 
paramount to the Constitution and law of the land, lays its 
sacred obligation on every rational creature, and makes us 
all brethren, mutually dependent on each other, in the one 
great human fiimily. And shall we shut out from this great 
family our brethren of Savannah, who, by the valor and con- 
duct of our armies and the heroic skill of their noble leader, 
are again gathered, nothing loath, beneath the folds of the 
sacred flag? General Sherman, as kind as he is brave, who 
desires only to preserve by the gentle sway of gratitude and 
love what his unconquered sword has won, has himself said 
that " the timely relief of the suffering citizens of Savannah 
will be worth more to the Union cause than ten battles." 
For Heaven's sake, my friends, let us hasten to win these 
bloodless victories, saddened by no parent's bereavement, no 
widow's tears. While we subdue the armies which a merci- 
less conscription of old and young drives to the field, and 
maintain a cordon of iron and fire around the shores of per- 
sistent Rebellion, from the moment a desire is manifested on 
the masses to acknowledge the authority of the Government, 
let us hasten to extend to them the right hand of Christian 
love, to supply their wants and to relieve their sufferings, 
and to mark their return to the Union by the return of a 
prosperity to which, by the selfish and cruel ambition of their 
leaders, they have so long been strangers. 
I most cheerfully second the resolutions. 



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DONATIONS 



RELIEF OF THE PEOPLE OF SAVANNAH. 



Willinm Gray . . 
E. R. Mudge, Sawyer, & 
Joseph S. Fay . . . 
Fisher & Co. . . . 
Blake Brothers & Co. 
Henry P. Sturgis 
Nathaniel Thayer 
James M. Beebe & Co. 
Naylor & Co. . . . 
J. Z. Goodrich . . 
Francis Skinner & Co. 
Boston Bonrd of Brokers 
Faulkner. Kimball, & Co. 
Jordan, Marsh, & Co. . 

Miss Mary Anne Wales 
J. C. Howe & Co. . . 



Co. 



S. D. Warren . . . 
Samuel May . . . 
John A. Blanchard . 

Friend 

Joseph Whitney & Co. 
lasigi, Goddard, & Co. 
M. H. Simpson . . 
George C. Richardson 
Benjamin E. Bates . 
William F. Weld & Co, 
William Perkins , . 
Edward Cunningham 



George C. Shattuck 
Tudor Company . 
Howes & Crowell 
Miss Pratt . • . 
J. Amory Lowell . 
James S. Amory . 
William H. Gardner 
S. R. Spalding . 
G, F. Parkman . 



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Gardner Brewer & Co. . . 
C. W. Freeliind, Beard, & Co 
J. S. & E. Wright & Co 
Amos A. Lawrence . 
George W. Lyman . 
William Amory . . 
Charles Amory . . 
Fearing, Thacher, & Co 
Horatio Harris & Co. 
James L. Little & Co. 
Denny, Rice, & Co. . 
E. S. Tobey . . . 
J. C. Burrage & Co. . 
Foster & Taylor . . 
Charles Hook Appleton 
C. F. Hovey & Co. . 



Dane, Dane, & Co. 



Albert Bowker . . 
Fisher & Chapin . . 
George William Bond 
Otis Diiniell . . . 
Lemuel Crehore . . 
Stoddard, Lovering, & Co, 
Spencer, Vila, & Co. 
Ichabod Goodwin, of 
mouth .... 

May & Co 

Larkin, Stackpole, & Co 
J. N. Fiske .... 
H. O. Houghton & Co 
N. & B. Goddard . . 
Edward E. Rice . . 
Sprague, Soule, & Co. 
Ezra Trull & Co. . . 
P. C. Brooks . . . 
Caleb A. Curtis . . 

J.Ellis 

J. D. & M. Williams 



Ports 



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Johnson & Thompson 
Stephen Fairbanks . 
N. A. Thompson . 
Livermore, Morse, & Co 
Mrs. Hemenway . 
Nickerson & Co. . . 
WiUiam Bramhall 
Thatcher Magoun 
Nathaniel Francis 
John Taylor . . . 
Jacob Hittinger . , 
R. H. Tucker of Wisca 
Mrs. T. G. Gary . . 
Bayley. Rollins, & Co. 
Edward Even-tt . . 
William B. Spooner & 
J. M. Jones & Co. 
Field, Converse. & Allen 
Henry Poor & Sons 
Henry Daggett & Co, 
David Sears . . 
Otis Noicross & Co. 
J. C. Converse & Co. 
John A. Burnham 
J. L 



Co 



F. Dane & Co. . . . 
E. F. Wood & Co. . 
Alexander Strong & Co 
Frederick Jones . . 
James Parker . . . 
Henry Upham . . 
Bates and Co. . . . 
Addison Gage and Co. 
E. Wakefield . . . 
John Atkinson . . . 
Miss Isa E. Loring . 

A friend 

J. Huntington Wolcott 

D. N. Spooner . . . 
John Gardner . . 
Sweetser, Swan, and Bli 
Israel Whitney . . 
George H. Kuhn . . 
H. P. Kidder . . , 
Joshua Stetson . . . 
Wilson, Hamilton, and Co 
William Munroe . 
Dale, Brothers, and Co. 

E. W., Somerset Street 
Tutile, Gaffield, and Co 
Francis Bacon ... 
S. C. Thwing and Co. 
James Vila and Co. . 
James Davis . . . 
Franklin Haven . . 
Curtis and Peabody . 
Thomas Wigglesworth 
James McGregor . 
Homer and Sprague . 



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M. D. Ross 


. 100.00 


Butler, Sise, and Co. . . 


. 100.00 


Thayer, Brigham, and Co. . 


. 100.00 


Benjamin F. Burgess . . 


. 100.00 


N. B. Gibbs 


. 100.00 


B. G. Boardman .... 


. 100.00 


Sewall, Day, and Co. . . 


. 100.00 


Jos. B. Glover 


. 100.00 


Austin Sumner .... 


. 100.00 


Edwards, Nichols, and Richar 


is 100.00 


Banker and Carpenter . . 


. 100.00 


E. C. Stanwood and Co. 


. 100.00 


James M. Barnard . . . 


. 100.00 


Alpheus Hardy and Co. 


. 100.00 


George W. Wales . . . 


100.00 


Downer Kerosene Oil Co. . 


. 100.00 


William S. Bullard . . . 


100.00 


F. Nickerson and Co. . . 


. 100.00 


Rice and Davis .... 


. 100.00 


Fogg, Houghton, and Coolidgc 


100.00 


S. H. Gookin 


100.00 


Burr Brothers and Co. . . 


100.00 


Way, Warren, and Co. . . 


100.00 


J. Field 


100.00 


Th(nnas E. Proctor . . 


100.00 


William Hilton .... 


100.00 


S. D. Crane and Co. . . 


100.00 


Nash, Spalding, and Co. 


100.00 


F. Gordon Dexter . . . . 


100.00 


Stephen Salisbury . . . 


100.00 


Thomas B. Wales and Co. . . 


100.00 


Brewster, Sweet, and Co. . 


100.00 


E. D. Peters and Co. . . . 


100.00 


Stephen Tilton and Co. . . 


100.00 


J. P. Melledge 


100.00 


Fuller and Dana 


100.00 


J. C. Tyler and Co 


100.00 


Jos. Nickerson and Co. . . . 


100.00 


James Read 


100.00 


E. H. Eldridge and Co. . . . 


100.00 


Abner Kingman 


100.00 


Preston and Merrill . . . . 


100.00 


E. A. and W. Winchester . . 


KtO.OO 


Oliver Ditson 


100.00 


William R<ipes and Co. . . 


100.00 


Edward Habich 


100.00 


W. H. Hill 


60.00 


H. M. Clarke 


60.00 


Miss Louisa Shaw .... 


50.00 


Rev. Theo. M. Barton . . . 


60.00 


Charles K. Cobb 


50.00 


Hugh Montgomery .... 


60.00 


Henry I. Bowditch .... 


50.00 


Arthur Wilkinson .... 


60.00 


Wilkinson, Lamb, and Co. 


50.00 


Lorenzo Papanti 


60.00 


Rev. Dr. Burroughs . . . . 


50.00 


Rich, Cowing, and Hatch . . 


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George R. MiiKit 50 00 

Friend 50.00 

G. Morey 50.00 

Charle.s Brewer awl Co . . 50.00 

Chencry and Co 50. 00 

G. Chiise 50.00 

A. D. Weld and Son . . . .iO.OO 

James T. Pat' en and Co. . . 50.00 

New hall and Thacher . . . 50.00 

Edward Wyman 50.00 

Mrs. R. H. White .... 50 00 

F. C. Manning 50.00 

William Read and Son . . . 50.00 

J. Pickering Putnam . . . 50.00 

J,ouis Osliorn 50.00 

Samnel I. Pollard .... 50.00 

J. P. Gardner 50.00 

George W. Simmons and Co. . 50.00 

Geori^e Higginson .... 50.00 

I. F. Dobson 50.00 

Charles Mifflin 50.00 

J. H. Heal 50.00 

James Hunnewell .... 50.00 

Solomon Piper -"lO.OO 

Charl s W. Cartwright . . . 50.00 

Robert Codman 50 00 

Charles J. Morrill .... 50.00 

D. M. lioilgdon and Co. . . 50.00 
John Simmons and Co. . . . 50.00 
Francis C. Lowell .... 50.00 

Mrs. E. Shimmin 50.00 

Robert Hoo|)er 50.00 

Jame'* Hayward 50.00 

R. B. Forbes 50.00 

A. A. Frazar 50.00 

Alfred Winsor and So 50.00 

F. S. Merritt 50.00 

J. Amoiy Davi.* 50.00 

E. G. Alden and Co. . . . 50.00 

J. D. Sturtevaiit 50.00 

O. W. Holmes 50.00 

B. R. Gilbert 50.00 

Emmons, Danforth.&Scudder, 50.00 

Isaac Taylor 50.00 

George B. Gary 50.00 

A Friend 50.00 

George M. Soule 50 00 

Henry Callender 50.00 

John A. Emmons .... 50.00 

Robert B. Stoier 50.00 

Howe and French . . . . 50 00 

William E. Baker .... 50.00 

Mrs. M. L. Putnam .... 50.00 

Dr. James Jackson .... 60.00 

Elmer Townsend 60.00 

Barnabas Davis 50.00 

George W. Messenger . . . 50.00 

Seth Bemis 50.00 

E. A. Boardman 50.00 



A. H. Bowman 
W. H. Boynton and Co 
Curtis and Co. 
Rev. N. L. Frothingham 
Hartley Lord . 
George H Gray 
J'lnes and Farley 
William H. Davis and Co 
Kendrick and Co, 
Robert Waterston 
Elisha T. Loring . 
Edward W. Codman 
William Underwood ai 
Nathan Matthews 
Henry Bryant . . . 



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Beza Lincoln . 
C. H. Appl( ton 
James Savage . 
J. Henry Sears 



William H. Kinsman 
Bridge. Lord, and Co. 
William Minot 
O. H. Sampson 
H. Bird and Co, 
Samuel H. Walley 
Friend . . 
Sears and Co. 
Littell's Living Age . 
F. W. Lincoln, jun. . 
John P. Healy . 
Henry A. Peirce 
George O. Sears 
Thomas Manning 
Robert Kershaw 
H. B. Pearson . 
C. Choate . . 
John L. Gardner, jun, 
George B. Rogers 

C. W. Dabney, jun. . 
J. W. Balch ' . 
Henry Atkiais . 
Flint and Hall . 
Eliphalet Jones 
Henry Edwards 
W. VV. Greenough 
Henry Gardner 
S. Q. Cochran . 
William Thomas 
Timothy T. Sawyer . 
Jacob A. Dresser . . 
Thomas O. Richardson 
William T. Eustis . 

D. R. Whitney . . 
Southard, Herbert, and 
Waldo Flint . . . 
David Bucli . . . 
William R. Jones . . 



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John Cummings, jun. 
George Gardner . . 



25.00 
25.00 



George W. Wheelwright . . 20.00 

J. P. Bush 20 00 

Ira Stratton 20.00 

J. Sinclair Miller 20.00 

Cash 20.00 

S. B, Stebbins and Co. . . . 20.00 

William Babsou 20.00 

Mrs. J. A. Peabody .... 20.00 

B. Williams 20.00 

S. H. re.ssendeu 20.00 

A Friend 20.00 

William Sprague 20.00 

Otis Rich 20.00 

T. J. Jones and Co 20.00 

A Friend 20.00 

Avon Place 20.00 

Salem 20.00 

Samuel Weltch and Co. . . 20.00 

B. C. Clark 20.00 

D. H. Coolidge 20.00 

Miss Abby B. Francis of Cam- 
bridge 18.00 

J. Schumacher and Co. . . . 15.00 

Mi.ss A. B. P. Walley . . . 15.00 

A. T. Lyman 15,00 

Nathaniel Gordon .... 10.00 

A Friend 10. 00 

Cash ....-.,.. 10.00 

C. Ellis 10.00 

J. L. Mills and Son .... 10.00 

Dennison and Co 10.00 

Davis and Crosby • . . . 10.00 

William C. Codman .... 10.00 

Otis Munroe 10.00 

H. W. Brooks 10.00 

Cash 10.00 

, 10.00 

, 10.00 

Charles Emery 10.00 

Henry Hutchinson .... 10.00 



George W. Robinson . . . 10.00 

F. W 10.00 

E. Davis 10.00 

W. A. H 10.00 

R. C. Winthrop 10.00 

George D. Welles .... 10.00 

Mrs. Isaiah D. Crowell . . . 10.00 

H. H. S 1000 

Frank Tripp 10.00 

Lady 10.00 

Vermont lO.OO 

W. A. Morse 10.00 

J. A. Patterson 10.00 

Cash 10.00 

Edward Ryan 5.00 

Mrs. Ann B. Adams .... 5.00 

Anthony Kelly 6.00 

J. Wingate Thornton . . . 5.00 

S. G. Deblois 5.00 

W. H. C 5 00 

Mr. Abbott 5.00 

H. B. H 5.00 

E. S. M 5.00 

Mrs. M. Myers 5.00 

Cash 5.00 

, 5.00 

J. E. Farwell and Co. . . . 2.50 

A. W. H 2.00 

J. A. Fowle 2.00 

J. P. Almy 2.00 

Three little boys of New Bed- 
ford *1.00 

J. Andrews 1.00 

Cash 1.00 



Overpaid on Subscription 



0.57 



Total, 34,495.07 

J. W. Green, 1 box codfish. 
George F. Bartlett, New Bedford, 1 
barrel flour. 



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